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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 1h

Guy who fills in his voting paper with invisible ink.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 14h

happy Re-Animator day to all who celebrate

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 1d

Work got me feeling a way lately

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ka92 @ka92.bsky.social · 1d

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 1d

>looking for a new action game
>ask if the action game is meter management or cooldowns
>she doesnt understand
>pull out illustrated diagram explaing what is meter management and what is cooldowns
>she laughs and says “it’s a good game sir”
>buy the game
>its cooldowns

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peregrine @funguspotion.bsky.social · 1d

snack attack...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t believe that one Silent Hill Wiki Editor got a position as the Foreskin Czar in the Trump regime.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 5d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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SexyAlexWattsEsq @alexwattsesq.bsky.social · 1d

Why are all the bad things "here to stay" and all the things I love up for constant debate until they're eroded out of life altogether?

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 2d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 3d

making you stand and wait while i look for a specific guy in the garden of earthly delights on my phone

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 4d

Dude come over. We're drinking our vitreous humor. Like the shit from an eyeball? We don't give a fuck, slurping that nasty sauce.

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 4d

Got complimented on my "beautiful husky voice" by a shrill older lady at work. Passing is crazy.

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Spock's Brian @spocksbrian.worstpossible.world · 5d

Can't even escape this shit at the fuckin balloon fiesta

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 5d

maybe

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 6d

I booted up windows 98 to defrag my BADAPPLE drive

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 5d

First paycheck came through

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Ceasepool @ceasepool.bsky.social · 5d

my bed room. this is where the magic happens ;3

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 5d

Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 6d

Working 12 days in a row tomorrow lads :^)

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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 6d

(trying to find the dialectic middle ground but have only been half paying attention) we should lay off on torturing AI until it’s smart enough to feel pain

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Bichinhos Fofinhos pra quem ta cansado @bichinhos.bsky.social · 7d

Levando na mala apenas o essencial

Mala de viagem aberta sobre a cama e um gato branco gordinho deitado de barriga pra cima em um dos lados da mala e passaram o cinto da mala pra segurar ele como se fosse as roupas

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Alex @rgdvns.bsky.social · 7d

I'm starting to think it might be a measure of success to have people post their hyper-specific projections in retaliation to your music.

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